GDC Festival of Gaming Luminaries Speaker Series Happening From March 10-12

Featuring perspectives from entertainment, tech, finance, and policy to inform long-horizon decision-making, the GDC Festival of Gaming Luminaries Speaker Series will happen from March 10-12.

Customer engagement is evolving rapidly, and the gaming industry is at the forefront of these changes! @McKinsey ’s expert panel at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 reveals how to capitalize on these shifting trends! Join Kabir Ahuja, Ichiro Otobe, Itamar Benedy, and Moritz… pic.twitter.com/3F8xqUvOaz

— GDC Festival of Gaming (@Official_GDC) January 13, 2026

The Luminaries Speaker Series will happen from March 10 to March 12 at the Blue Shield of California Theater at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

The following Luminaries Speakers Sessions for the GDC Festival of Gaming were announced today: 

AI Trends and Futures: Ask Us Anything!

Bryan Catanzaro, VP Applied Deep Learning Research at NVIDIA

Alexandre Moufarek, Product Lead, Inception at Google DeepMind    

Julien Merceron, CTO of Bandai Namco Studios

Fireside Chat with Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games

Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games

The Attention Equation: How Gaming Wins Consumer Focus and What Comes Next

Kabir Ahuja, Senior Partner of McKinsey & Co.

Ichiro Otobe, Sr. Client Development Advisor of McKinsey & Co.

Itamar Benedy, CEO of Anzu.io

Moritz Baier-Lentz, Partner & Head of Gaming, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Other Notable Luminaries Speakers Include the following:

Aaron Loeb, President of LEGO Digital Play

John Spitzer, VP of Developer and Performance Technology at NVIDIA

Marcus Liassides, SVP, Global Head of Digital at Mattel

Bill Kleyman, Co-founder, CEO of Apolo.us

Note that additional Luminaries Speakers Sessions for the GDC Festival of Gaming will be revealed in the weeks leading up to the event.

One can learn more about the GDC Festival of Gaming and register via its official website

The full agenda for the GDC Festival of Gaming is also available for viewing via the “GDC Schedule” part of its official website.

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— GDC Festival of Gaming (@Official_GDC) January 13, 2026

For those on social media, one can stay connected around the GDC Festival of Gaming via the official Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Bluesky social media channels.

Source: Press Release

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